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I haven't been on dialysis anywhere near as long as you (less than 1 year), but I get them on and off (HD and now PD).

The nurses I asked had no answers for me. My phosphates and other biochemistry were good (well OK for a kidney patient anyway). I've had to put it down to the body being full of toxins it shouldn't be.

I've been told it comes with the territory....I have been asked specifically many times if I get nightsweats...which i do...profusely at times..but not always..and I am not on dialysis (on a transplant list) and I have been nevertheless getting them for a few years now...

I retain water with my illness...so i figured at times it was a great way to battle some of the bloat but in reality..even researching night sweats on google.com..it says specifially that severe kidney disease as well as diabetes can be a cause of this...

Yeah, I occasionally get night sweats as well, less now after transplant than when I was on dialysis. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve no idea what causes them or how to stop them, suppose like everyone else has said IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve always put it down as either due to the meds, toxins or maybe a hormonal thing. Kidney failure tends to mess around with the bodyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s hormones a bit, even now I usually feel either a bit too hot or a bit too cold most of the time. I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t seem to tolerate heat very well so usually sleep with little on and plenty of ventilation, I guess the body finds it hard to regulate temperature with kidney failure.

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Hi all, yes another sufferer of 'no temperature control' here.Sometimes it really gets me down I thought after having the hysterectomy I would be done with night sweats, but no along comes ESRF and dialysis and the buggers come back!! Is there no end to this fun?

Same here. Lower body only though. I do peritoneal dialysis 4 exchanges per day. Originally I thought it was just being caused by the 7.5% extraneal that I use at night however I fell asleep watching a world baseball classic game today (go USA and Dominican Republic) and woke up soaked to the bone. So I now know it has nothing to do with percentage of the fluid because that was only 2.5%

Well, it happens to me once three months back. I was sweating like hell in the night even the temperature is also low. Next morning when I visit my doc. He after checking my BP and body temperature then my BP went low that why I was sweating. Although I am still confused that why my BP drops in the middle of the night.